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- Insurers, Including AIG, Spent Nearly $36 Million to Influence Congress
- Insurance companies, including American International Group AIG, spent nearly $36 million in recent years on political contributions to members of Congress, according to the Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Responsive Politics. Also among the big givers were Hartford Financial and Lincoln Financial, two companies that are in line to get...
- Blog posts 2009-05-16
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- AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER WATCHDOG OKS TELSTRA NETWORK PRICES.
- SYDNEY, July 1 Asia Pulse - The consumer watchdog yesterday gave Telstra Corp Ltd (ASX:TLS) the tick of approval for the prices it charged rivals to access its network during the March quarter. SYDNEY, July 1 Asia Pulse - The consumer watchdog yesterday gave...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER WATCHDOG PROPOSES LOWER TELSTRA LINE CHARGE.
- SYDNEY, June 25 Asia Pulse - The consumer watchdog today proposed a monthly access charge for Telstra's (ASX:TLS) Line Sharing Service LSS of around A$7-$8 (US$4.90-$5.50) per service, rather than the A$15 proposed by Telstra. SYDNEY, June 25 Asia Pulse - The consumer watchdog...
- Research articles 2004-06-25
- NATIONAL CONSUMER COUNCIL: Consumer watchdog demands single regulator for communications.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 February 1999-NATIONAL CONSUMER COUNCIL: Consumer watchdog demands single regulator for communications C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:100299 A radical overhaul of communications regulation is urgently needed to deal with the rapid pace of change in the broadcasting, telecomms and ...
- Research articles 1999-02-10
- Consumer watchdog targets misleading Telco claims: National Consumers Day.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-14 March 2003-ACCC: Consumer watchdog targets misleading Telco claims: National Consumers DayC1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03142003 Telecommunications businesses making misleading advertising claims are a high priority for Australian Competition and Consumer Commission action, ACCC Commissioner responsible for consumer issues,...
- Research articles 2003-03-14
- AUSTRALIA'S CONSUMER WATCHDOG REFUSES TO LIFT NOTICE ON TELSTRA.
- BRISBANE, July 20 Asia Pulse - The consumer watchdog today refused to lift a competition notice on Telstra Corp (ASX:TLS), accusing Australia's biggest telco of continuing to act anti-competitively over broadband services. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC slapped the notice on Telstra in March, alleging the...
- Research articles 2004-07-20
- DEBATE RAGES ABOUT NEW HEAD FOR AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER WATCHDOG.
- CANBERRA, Oct 11 Asia Pulse - Who will take over as head of Australia's consumer watchdog has already led to a stoush, even though incumbent Allan Fels still has nearly two years in the job. Treasurer Peter Costello today announced Graeme Samuel as his preferred candidate for the...
- Research articles 2002-10-11
- AUSTRALIA'S CONSUMER WATCHDOG LOST GREAT DEPUTY CHOICE: CEO.
- SYDNEY, Nov 14 Asia Pulse - Former merchant banker Graeme Samuel was a great choice to for deputy of the national consumer watchdog, supermarket boss Roger Corbett said today. The Woolworths Ltd (ASX:WOW) chief executive today expressed disappointment with the decision to reject Mr Samuel's nomination as deputy...
- Research articles 2002-11-14
- AUSTRALIA'S CONSUMER WATCHDOG MAY CHALLENGE RETAIL GIANTS.
- SYDNEY, June 2 Asia Pulse - Australia's consumer watchdog is eying the growing power of both Woolworths Ltd and Coles Myer Ltd in what will be seen by many as the first big test for incoming ACCC head Graeme Samuel. Mr Samuel, set to begin as chairman of...
- Research articles 2003-06-02
- AUSTRALIA'S CONSUMER WATCHDOG CHAIRMAN LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVE.
- CANBERRA, June 3 Asia Pulse - Businesses that try to exploit the vulnerable and rip off powerless people have become the focus of Australia's consumer watchdog. Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC chairman Allan Fels yesterday launched an initiative to crack down on businesses that target disadvantaged, disabled,...
- Research articles 2003-06-03
- Consumer watchdog bites Seven over get-rich scheme.
- Byline: Julian Lee Sep 28, 2005 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC has taken exception to some comments on "Today...
- Research articles 2005-09-28
- Consumer Watchdog Group Protests RBC Centura Banks Inc.'s Proposed Merger.
- By Rick Rothacker, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 12--A consumer watchdog group is protesting RBC Centura Banks Inc.'s proposed acquisition of a Florida bank, citing a poor lending record to minorities and a discrimination case involving an ...
- Research articles 2002-11-12
- Unilever, Procter and Gamble in British consumer watchdog probe: report
- LONDON AFP — Two giant household products firms were contacted by Britain's consumer watchdog over a probe that also includes four of the country's biggest supermarket chains, the Financial Times said Monday. According to the business daily, which quoted a Procter and Gamble spokesperson, the Office of Fair Trading...
- Research articles 2008-04-27
- GSK, Coca-Cola part of British consumer watchdog probe: report
- LONDON AFP — Major international brand names and producers such as Coca-Cola and GlaxoSmithKline have been asked by Britain's consumer watchdog to supply pricing information, the Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday. Citing a five-page Office of Fair Trading OFT document listing brands being targeted as part of a price-fixing probe,...
- Research articles 2008-04-28
- AUSTRALIA'S CONSUMER WATCHDOG LOOKS AT MURRAY, BONLAC MERGER.
- MELBOURNE, Jan 15 Asia Pulse - The consumer watchdog will take a look at the proposed merger between dairy producers Murray Goulburn Cooperative Co Ltd and Bonlac Foods Ltd. The Australian Competition and Consumers Commission said it would want to be satisfied the proposed alliance was not anti-competitive,...
- Research articles 2003-01-15
- Google using 'double talk' on cloud security, says L.A. consumer group
- Computerworld - A consumer advocacy group that is opposed to a plan by the city of Los Angeles to adopt Google's hosted e-mail and office applications is accusing the company of a double standard on security issues. In a letter to Bernard Parks, chairman of the Los Angeles City Council's...
- News items 2009-10-15
- AUSTRALIAN WATCHDOG TO REJECT BANKS' BID ON EFTPOS COSTS.
- SYDNEY, Aug 8 Asia Pulse - Australia's consumer watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC, is planning to reject a proposal by big banks to force shopkeepers to cover their own EFTPOS (electronic funds transfer at point of SYDNEY, Aug 8 Asia Pulse...
- Research articles 2003-08-08
- TELSTRA IS A RISK TO COMPETITION: AUSTRALIAN CONSUMER WATCHDOG.
- SYDNEY, March 7 Asia Pulse - Telstra Corp Ltd (ASX:TLS) is a risk to competition according to Australia's top competition watchdog at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ACCC Allan Fels. SYDNEY, March 7 Asia Pulse - Telstra Corp Ltd (ASX:TLS) is a risk...
- Research articles 2003-03-07
- QANTAS, AIR NZ DEAL APPEARS ANTI-COMPETITIVE: WATCHDOG.
- SYDNEY, Nov 25 Asia Pulse - Qantas Airways (ASX:QAN) and Air New Zealand's (ASX:AIZ) proposed alliance seems anti-competitive at first, the consumer watchdog said today. SYDNEY, Nov 25 Asia Pulse - Qantas Airways (ASX:QAN) and Air New Zealand's (ASX:AIZ) proposed alliance seems anti-competitive at...
- Research articles 2002-11-25
- Watchdog Group Asks FDA To Check Out Schering-Plough.(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
- A CONSUMER WATCHDOG group is asking Food and Drug Administration FDA to investigate quality control problems at a Schering-Plough Corporation pharmaceutical plant, and to consider whether criminal charges are warranted. In a letter sent to A CONSUMER...
- Research articles 2001-03-12
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